The dark secrets of the royal family - It isn't just historical monarchs who have dark secrets. Take a look at the stories of unlawful killing, Nazi collaboration, and um, dwarf-tossing that the royals would rather hadn't got out.

Edward VIII had Nazi connections - But the real cause for concern was the couple's ties to the Nazi party. Before, during, and after World War II, they were suspected of being Nazi sympathisers. In 1937, they toured Germany as guests of Adolf Hitler.

Prince Philip's mum was committed to an asylum and became a nun - Princess Alice of Battenberg, who had been born deaf, was committed to a secure psychiatric sanatorium in 1931 after suffering a nervous breakdown.

The strain of being exiled from Greece took its toll on the princess, and her religious beliefs became extreme. By 1930 she was reportedly hearing voices and believed she was having physical relationships with Jesus and other religious figures.

Prince Philip's mum was committed to an asylum and became a nun - Years later she hid a Jewish family on the top floor of her house, only yards from Gestapo headquarters. In her later life she founded a nursing order of Greek Orthodox nuns.

Prince Philip's mum was committed to an asylum and became a nun - After her death, she was interred on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and honoured as Righteous Among the Nations for having hiding persecuted Jews in her house in Athens.

Prince Andrew introduced the Queen to a controversial actress - Reporters found that the prince had earlier taken Koo to meet his family at Balmoral and possibly even introduced her to his mother. Buckingham Palace issued a statement that "We do not know if the Queen was aware of the girl’s acting career before she was invited to Balmoral."

Is Princess Michael of Kent racist? - She also wore a Blackamoor brooch to the Queen's Christmas lunch, where she met Meghan Markle. Blackamoor jewellery romanticises slavery and is generally considered racially insensitive today.

In 2004, she reportedly told a group of black patrons at a New York City restaurant to "go back to the colonies". She then told the New York Post, "I did not say ‘back to the colonies'. I said ‘you should remember the colonies’. Back in the days of the colonies, there were rules that were very good".

Princess Beatrice dated a killer - Princess Beatrice and the convicted killer separated in 2006. Liuzzo was later charged with numerous offences, including possessing cocaine after he crashed a hired Audi into traffic lights on Australia's Gold Coast.

Charles and Camilla indulged in graphic phone sex - The long-term affair between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles was no secret, but the public got to know a little more than they wanted in 1992.

Charles and Camilla indulged in graphic phone sex - A phone conversation between the two was leaked, in which Charles expressed the desire to live inside Camilla’s trousers as "a pair of knickers" or "a Tampax".

The Queen stopped her own sister's marriage - Townsend's divorced status made it impossible for Princess Margaret to marry him, as both the Church of England and parliament were firmly against the match.

The Queen stopped her own sister's marriage - As Margaret was under the age of 25, the Queen had to approve of her sister's marriage to a divorced man. As head of the Church of England, she was unwilling to do so.

The Queen stopped her own sister's marriage - Even after she was 25, the princess would be stripped of all her royal privileges and her income. Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend eventually called off their engagement and she married the more respectable Antony Armstrong-Jones.

The Queen stopped her own sister's marriage - The couple had two children but very publicly separated in 1976. Buckingham Palace stated "HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and the Earl of Snowdon have mutually agreed to live apart. The Princess will carry out her public duties and functions unaccompanied by Lord Snowdon. There are no plans for divorce proceedings.” They divorced in 1978.

George V and Queen Mary hid their epileptic son - Prince John was the fifth son and youngest of the six children born to King George V and his wife, Queen Mary. He would have been the uncle of the current Queen.

George V and Queen Mary hid their epileptic son - It has been reported that the royal family believed his seizures could not be known because it would show a sign of weakness. Prince John died in the cottage at the age of 13 after a seizure.

Prince Andrew was friends with a registered sex offender - You can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends. In 2011, it emerged that the prince was good friends with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Prince Andrew was friends with a registered sex offender - Police launched an investigation into Epstein after the mother of a 14-year-old girl approached them with evidence. He was sentenced to 18 months, but released after serving just 13.

Prince Andrew was friends with a registered sex offender - Epstein allegedly "loaned" girls to powerful people to ingratiate himself with them and to gain possible material for blackmail. In 2015, it was reported that there was evidence indicating that one such man may have been Prince Andrew.

Sarah Ferguson tried to sell access to Prince Andrew - She promised to obtain access to her former husband in return for £500,000. It was reported that she was recorded offering an undercover reporter "everything you would ever wish for. I can open any door you want, and I will for you. Look after me and he'll look after you… you'll get it back tenfold."

Sarah Ferguson tried to sell access to Prince Andrew - She later issued a statement: "I very deeply regret the situation and the embarrassment caused. It is true that my financial situation is under stress however, that is no excuse for a serious lapse in judgment and I am very sorry that this has happened."

Prince Anne's husband had a love child - Phillips reportedly asked Tonkin to get an abortion but after she refused, paid her just £6,000 a year through an associate for what his accounts described as "equestrian consultancy".